The mods are gonna announce that we're going to turn off image uploads to our server. You'll have to host your images somewhere to post. Reason being reading/writing the images just uses more disk I/O, slowing down database access to the disks. Also, going to more expensive solid-state disks means I don't want to fill them up with images.

I turned off image uploads in the past once, but since I own a photo sharing site I was accused of doing it because I'm a capitalist pig out to line my pockets at the expense of the little people.

Oh well, better to be an evil man who can keep his free forum up.

You're just another Evil Man Baldwanna. Getting us all hooked then changing things. Were you a dope dealer in another lifetime

Contrary to what some of your mods whom have banned me on occasions may have told you, i do appreciate your efforts in this/your social experiment.
I am unemployed but donate when i can.
Keep up the errrrr insite. :)

The mods are gonna announce that we're going to turn off image uploads to our server. You'll have to host your images somewhere to post. Reason being reading/writing the images just uses more disk I/O, slowing down database access to the disks. Also, going to more expensive solid-state disks means I don't want to fill them up with images.

I turned off image uploads in the past once, but since I own a photo sharing site I was accused of doing it because I'm a capitalist pig out to line my pockets at the expense of the little people.

Oh well, better to be an evil man who can keep his free forum up.

For those who have been used to using the image attachments, http://www.imgur.com/ (I have no affiliation) is an easy place to upload pics if you just need one for a post here and there.

- So rather than linking to a copyrighted image do we now download that to our computer and then upload that to SmugMug (or whomever)?

- Wont we now overload SmugMug and open them up to a host of copyright issues?

...keep up the great work!

You can still hotlink a picture from anywhere via the - button. Be it from the original site where you found it, from your smugmug or from any other image hosting site. The boss just turns off the "attach images" function, which uploads an image to the ADV server. This feature was already disabled in JM and in a couple of other subforums.

Copyright is a different thing, you should generally respect photographer's rights and give credit. And I sure hope we don't overload SmugMug, hosting photos is their job.

You can still hotlink a picture from anywhere via the - button. Be it from the original site where you found it, from your smugmug or from any other image hosting site. The boss just turns off the "attach images" function, which uploads an image to the ADV server. This feature was already disabled in JM and in a couple of other subforums.

Copyright is a different thing, you should generally respect photographer's rights and give credit. And I sure hope we don't overload SmugMug, hosting photos is their job.

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